Upcoming Events
Upcoming JUSTRAC+ Events
Rule of Law Systems: Country Analysis Workshop
June 6-8, 2023
This workshop gives participants the skills to understand the justice systems of the partner nations with which they work, and better prepares them to engage in rule of law reform. The sheer complexity of justice systems can impair understanding of the relevant problems and, in turn, lead to ineffective program design and potentially compromised relationships with partners. A thorough understanding of the context in which U.S. Government professionals are assigned to work is the crucial foundation to effective program design, strong implementation, and concrete improvements in justice systems. This workshop helps program officers working with foreign justice systems better understand that context.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).
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Core Training: Comparative Law
June 27-28, 2023
This event will provide practitioners with an overview of these common characteristics, and how rule of law programming can work with informal justice systems to meet outcomes that complement work done with formal or state systems. Participants will be challenged to broaden the way in which they think about how legal systems operate in general and will leave the training with a more sophisticated understanding of the varied legal systems employed globally, what resources are available to get information about a country’s legal system, and how different legal systems provide due process and achieve justice outcomes using comparable but not identical means.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).
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Rule of Law Systems: Program Development Workshop
July 18-20, 2023
This workshop focuses on the development of rule of law interventions and fostered further understanding of country context and justice systems from an interdependent perspective. The program occurred over three days, and participants learned through a mix of interactive lecture, practical hypothetical exercises, office hours, and small-group discussion of a sample project developed by the participant in order to develop better programming decisions. Because this program builds on the skills learned in ROLC’s Country Analysis Workshop, those considering participation in future iterations are encouraged to take the Country Analysis Workshop first, but it can also be taken as a stand-alone workshop.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).
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Rule of Law Systems: Program Measurement Workshop
August 15-17, 2023
This workshop will focus on measuring rule of law programs. Program participants will learn and practice applying key skills necessary for measuring effective projects. Course content will focus on how country context and a systems perspective on justice helps develop better program measurement systems. Participants will learn how to build useful indicators that provide valuable information on progress related to program interventions. Participants will become familiar with different programming modalities and understand how to creatively design projects closely linked to the problems they aim to ameliorate. Finally, participants will have opportunities to practice the skills they learn in an interactive measurement system development module.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).
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Core Training: Comparative Law
August 29-30, 2023
This event will provide practitioners with an overview of these common characteristics, and how rule of law programming can work with informal justice systems to meet outcomes that complement work done with formal or state systems. Participants will be challenged to broaden the way in which they think about how legal systems operate in general and will leave the training with a more sophisticated understanding of the varied legal systems employed globally, what resources are available to get information about a country’s legal system, and how different legal systems provide due process and achieve justice outcomes using comparable but not identical means.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).
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Rule of Law Systems: Skills Workshop “Bootcamp”
September 19-21, 2023
This meta-workshop will offer all three JUSTRAC+ workshops – Country Analysis, Program Development, and Program Measurement – usually offered as individual, stand-alone events. Over three days, instruction and practical exercises will help participants understand and begin to develop the core skills necessary for strong and effective projects. This workshop will explore varying perspectives on assessment, information collection, and linkages between problem analysis and project design and progress measurement.
This event is open to all USG personnel, regardless of hiring mechanism or location. The content will be useful for those engaged in any aspect of rule of law, justice, or anticorruption programming (i.e., working with courts, police, corrections, advisory support, civil society, etc.).